Famous regiments of the British army: their origin and services. With a sketch of the rise and progress of the military establishment of England, and brief memoirs of eminent British generals |
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... Fight for how long , how broad , how great and large Th ' extent and bounds of the purple o ' Rome shall be ; But to retain what our great ancestors , With all their labours , counsels , arts and actions , For us were purchasing so many ...
... Fight for how long , how broad , how great and large Th ' extent and bounds of the purple o ' Rome shall be ; But to retain what our great ancestors , With all their labours , counsels , arts and actions , For us were purchasing so many ...
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... Fighting Buffs - Origin of the Regiment - Revolt of the Netherlands against Spain - The Stadtholder is joined by English ... Fight at Zutphen , 1586- Wound and Death of Sir Philip Sidney - Defence of Sluys , 1587 - The Year of the Armada ...
... Fighting Buffs - Origin of the Regiment - Revolt of the Netherlands against Spain - The Stadtholder is joined by English ... Fight at Zutphen , 1586- Wound and Death of Sir Philip Sidney - Defence of Sluys , 1587 - The Year of the Armada ...
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... Fighting 3rd ' - Battle of Busaco , 1810 - Colonel Wallis's Speech to the Ran- gers - Anecdotes of Individual Bravery - Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro , 1811— Charge of the 88th - Assault upon Ciudad Rodrigo , 1812 - Capture of Badajoz ...
... Fighting 3rd ' - Battle of Busaco , 1810 - Colonel Wallis's Speech to the Ran- gers - Anecdotes of Individual Bravery - Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro , 1811— Charge of the 88th - Assault upon Ciudad Rodrigo , 1812 - Capture of Badajoz ...
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... fight on foot . Lancers were introduced into our service in the reign of George III . , to cope with the Polish Lancers employed in Napoleon's army . Light horsemen were first attached to our forces in 1745 , and proving of great value ...
... fight on foot . Lancers were introduced into our service in the reign of George III . , to cope with the Polish Lancers employed in Napoleon's army . Light horsemen were first attached to our forces in 1745 , and proving of great value ...
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... Fight for how long , how broad , how great and large Th ' extent and bounds o ' the people of Rome shall be ; But to retain what our great ancestors , With all their labours , counsels , arts , and actions , For us were purchasing so ...
... Fight for how long , how broad , how great and large Th ' extent and bounds o ' the people of Rome shall be ; But to retain what our great ancestors , With all their labours , counsels , arts , and actions , For us were purchasing so ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 133 - The most triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory : and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Seite 20 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Seite 186 - I called it forth, and drew it into your service, a hardy and intrepid race of men ! men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last.
Seite 17 - Their baldrics set with studs, athwart their shoulders cast, To which under their arms their sheafs were buckled fast, A short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee, not counted then a man : All made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous strong ; They not an arrow drew but was a cloth-yard long. Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft...
Seite 73 - For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark for the cause of men ; And I by my affection was beguiled : What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child ! OCTOBER, 1803.
Seite 180 - ... conquest or death, When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath: They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge. Be the brand of each chieftain like Fin's in his ire! May the blood through his veins flow like currents of fire!
Seite 225 - Strevan about six in the morning yesterday, and resolving to convey them to this, I thought that we might make a little tour to see if we could fall upon a conventicle...
Seite 56 - It is in and through Symbols that man, consciously or unconsciously, lives, works, and has his being : those ages, moreover, are accounted the noblest which can the best recognise symbolical worth, and prize it the highest.
Seite 226 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.